Ink-well.



D. HARDIB.

I INK WELL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2, 1910.

1,029,752, r Patented June 1.8, 1912.

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BIA FLANOURAPH CO1. WASHINGTON D c DAVID HARDIE, OF EDMONTON, ALBERTA,CANADA.

INK-WELL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 18, 1912.

Application filed June 2, 1910. Serial No. 564,564.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVlD HARDIE, subject of the King of England,residing at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Ink-VVells, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to ink wells and has for its object the provisionof a comparatively simple and inexpensive device of this character, theconstruction of which is such that only a minimum amount of ink isexposed to evaporation when the lid or cover is removed.

A. further object is to provide an ink well including a float having anopening formed therein communicating with the ink reservoir and throughwhich the ink is removed, as desired.

A. further object is to prevent binding or wedging action between thewalls of the float and reservoir when the ink well is supported on aninclined surface.

A further object is to form a hump or pr0- jection on the bottom of theink reservoir which contacts with the float when the ink falls below apredetermined level in the reservoir, thereby to close the opening inthe float.

A still further object of the invention is generally to improve thisclass of devices so as to increase their utility, durability, andefliciency.

Further objects and advantages will appear in the following description,it being understood that various changes in form, proportions and minordetails of construction may be resorted to within the scope of theappended claim.

'F or a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof,reference is to be had to the following description and accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of an ink well constructed in accordancewith my invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same,showing in dotted lines, the float in lowered position.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The improved ink well forming the subject matter of the presentinvention comprises a supporting base or stand 5 preferably circular inshape and formed of glass, metal or other suitable material, said standbeing provided with a centrally disposed ink reservoir 6, the bottom ofwhich is formed with a hump or projection 7. Disposed within the inkreservoir 6 is a hollow float 8, preferably formed of glass, so as toresist the deleterious action of the ink in said reservoir. The float 8is provided with a centrally disposed opening 9 which co1nmunicates withthe reservoir 6 and through which the ink is removed, when desired. Theside walls of the opening 9 are inclined or beveled to facilitate theintroduction and removal of a pen point and also to produce a contractedthroat 10 at the base of the float to prevent the pen point from beingshoved down too far. The exterior walls of the float S are preferablyinclined or beveled at 11 so as to prevent binding or Wedging betweenthe float and the interior walls of the reservoir 6 when the ink well issupported on an inclined surface.

A cap or cover 12 forms a closure for the top of the reservoir, but ifdesired, the cover may be dispensed with. The supporting base 5 isprovided with an annular groove or trough 13 adapted to receive the inkfrom the reservoir should the ink in said reservoir overflow. Thesupporting base or stand is also preferably formed with oppositelydisposed transverse grooves 14: which constitute a rest or rack forpens, pencils and the like. The base of the stand is slightly concavedand in some cases a strip of felt or other yieldable material 15 issecured thereto so as to prevent scratching or marring the polishedsurface of a desk when the stand is placed thereon.

It will here be noted. that when the ink in the reservoir falls below apredetermined level, the base of the float will contact with the hump orprojection 7 so as to close the throat 10 and thus prevent the pen pointfrom being dipped in the sediment which usually collects in the bottomof the reservoir. It will also be noted that by removing the float 8, a.brush, sponge or the like may be inserted in the reservoir for thepurpose of cleaning the same when necessary.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

An ink stand comprising a base having a cylindrical reservoir providedupon the center of its bottom with an upstanding hump,

a float located in the reservoir having converging side walls and havingat its center a throat with convergmg side walls located I Q r 1,029,752

vertically above the hump, the smaller end 1 In testimony whereof Iaflix my signature of said throat being; at the bottom of the in:presence-0ftwo Witnesses.

float said float havin a flat bottom and a concaved top, said aim beingof greatest DAVID HARDIE' diameter at its top and the edge of theVitnesses:

concavity in the topterminating at the J HN KILLEN, greatest diameter ofthe fioat. JACKSON HANLEY.

Copiesof thispa tent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Gommissioner of Patents,

' Washington, Dr C.

